“Teacher Cheng is ‘old’, Tanxiao is ‘young’, I am ‘crippled’, as for you…” Bai Youwei narrowed her eyes and curled her lips, “You are ‘sick’!”
Shen Mo: “What sickness do I have?”
Bai Youwei: “Straight man cancer!”
Shen Mo: “…”
Bai Youwei: “Hahahahaha…”
She completely lost it, her laughter threshold was particularly low tonight.
On the side, Tanxiao said gloomily: “Why am I ‘young’? I’m turning 20 at the end of the month.”
Bai Youwei said matter-of-factly: “You are the youngest among us! What else could you be if not ‘young’?”
“Impossible!” Tanxiao’s eyes widened as she looked at her, “I can’t be younger than you! How old are you?”
Shen Mo seemed to recall something, the corner of his mouth lifting almost imperceptibly.
Bai Youwei said: “What do you care how old I am, anyway, I’m older than you!”
Tanxiao didn’t believe it, exclaiming: “You look so young! You must be underage!”
Bai Youwei said coolly: “Excuse me~~ I didn’t develop properly after the car accident.”
Her words left everyone at a loss for words.
However, Bai Youwei didn’t seem to care, her mood still good as she continued to tease Tanxiao: “You call him Brother Mo, then according to the rules, what should you call me?”
Tanxiao’s face was full of bitterness: “…Sister Weiwei.”
Bai Youwei’s eyes immediately curved into two crescent moons.
Shen Mo felt helpless, shaking his head silently. He continued to poke the fire with a stick in his hand, the firelight reflecting in his dark pupils, flickering like fireflies dancing in the night sky.
A large lump of roasted food was pulled out, it was lotus leaf wrapped braised chicken, braised pig’s feet, and braised duck neck.
The taste was still the same, but after being wrapped in lotus leaves and reheated, the vacuum-packed food seemed to have been elevated to another level, the aroma of sauce mixed with the rich fragrance of lotus leaves.
Bai Youwei reached for the food.
Shen Mo glanced at her: “Can you still eat?”
The sweet potatoes were quite filling.
Bai Youwei licked her lips, looking at the chicken in his hand, “Let me try.”
Shen Mo tore off a chicken leg, thinking it was too much, he cut off a portion with a knife before handing it to her.
After finishing the chicken leg, Bai Youwei went on to gnaw on the duck neck, her little hands greasy. Then she ate two tender lotus seeds.
Shen Mo was really a little afraid that she would upset her stomach, frowning as he asked: “Do you think there will be a famine after entering Hangzhou?”
“I rarely have a good appetite, of course I have to eat more.” Bai Youwei finished eating, sucking on her fingers, and replied lightly, “Otherwise, it would be a pity to waste this good mood.”
Shen Mo thought to himself: Your good mood is indeed hard-won.
…
After dinner, everyone washed up and prepared to rest.
Shen Mo had been driving all day, so Tanxiao was in charge of keeping watch tonight. Teacher Cheng was not sleepy yet, so he accompanied him.
Perhaps because his physical fitness had improved, the old man felt that it was nothing to stay up all night.
“Should we put out the fire?” Tanxiao asked.
At night, a burning bonfire was a conspicuous target.
Shen Mo said indifferently: “Leave it. I want to boil water and cook tomorrow morning, it will be convenient.”
“Then I’ll go get some more wood.” Tanxiao said enthusiastically.
Cheng Weicai reminded: “Try to pick up dry ones, wet ones don’t burn well and produce a lot of smoke.”
Finding dry wood in a modern city was really not an easy task, Tanxiao chose to go burn the tables and chairs of the service area.
Bai Youwei had already washed up and was humming a song back to the tent. Just as she was about to bend down and crawl in, she froze.
The fluffy rabbit she had put in her bag appeared on the curtain of the tent again.
She frowned and looked around – Shen Mo was packing up his toiletries, Tanxiao and Teacher Cheng went to move the tables and chairs, there was no one else nearby, who would touch her rabbit?